Over Kyle's shoulder she could see grandpa, looking like a cross between a grizzly bear and a giant pissed-off blowfish.

It's not just a sunset; it's a moonrise too.

I'll find you again. Even if it takes a hundred of those years.

If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking , they can make you laugh.

Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.

Plus, according to my mother, memories change like people do, especially if there's enough alcohol involved-Aphrodite

Aphrodite makes us understand why women have drowned their babies.

Because you are the superhero fledgling. I’m just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions.

Comfort is for the lazy and the ugly." Aphrodite

She frowned at him. "That sounds vaguely like a threat." "It's not vague and it's not a threat. It's clearly blackmail.

Battle scars from the war of good versus evil have a unique beauty all their own.

Distance is an outer phenomenon. In the inner world, everything is connected with love.

The novel is the privileged vehicle of two ways of being: narrative and freedom: to be new (novel) in a speech open to all, and to be free in a speech that never concludes.

The prospect of living without interference, living in a world where windfalls and misfortunes were never by design, held no terror for him.

How did I get 'IT'? - By crying, begging, yelping! - Any of this helping?

It's good to have a manager who shares your interests, or goals. You can presumably trust a husband. I don't know if it's the best way to work. I really shouldn't discuss this.

But Connecticut and Rhode Island have originally realized the most perfect polity as to a legislature.

A human being can stand any amount of pain.

Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.

I hate it when people quote me on the internet, claiming I said things that I never actually said.

Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal